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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1846
Colombia's Freedom• , '
BT THE ButTOX BARS
When F-eedom, 'midst the battle storm,
Her weary head reclined,
Around her fair majestic form,
Oppression fain had twitted;
Amidst the din—beneath the cloud,
Great Washington appeared;
With daring hand, roll'ed back the shroud
And thus the sufferer cheered.
~ -; 4puro, spurn despair ! be great, be free!
Kith giant strength arise!
Stretch, mietch thy pinions, liberty,
Thy flag plant in the skies !
Clothe, clothe thyself in glory's rope,
Let stars thy banner gem!!
Ride. rule the sea—possess the globe—
Wear victory's diadem.
roll the world a world is born,
.Inother orb gives light.
other sun illumines the morn,
Another star the night; •
lte Jtbt—be brave—and let thy name
Ilenctlerth Colunthiaix!;
Wear, wear the oaken wreath of fame—
The wreath of liberty."
.11, said, and to ! the stars of night
Forth to her banner flew,
od morn, with mull dyt in light,
The on it drew.
Columbia's chieftain seized the Frize,
AU glori , udy unfurled
Svdred with it to his native skies
And wav'd It o'er the world
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From the New York Spirit of the 'fillies.]
FIFTY—FOUR FORTY :
HE r , TRAMBOAT C.kPTAIN WHO WAS
• AVERsE Tt) n RACING."
r.
Ir in the spring of the present year. 'a
tw,ltt new steamboat AV :IS launched upon
.:.) and shortly aherWaßis made
rat . it:we at the Levet., opposite the floor
rat of C covers.
the Captain's respecii." accotn
ed tvoltiovitanons to "see her through"
tier hest trip down the river, were for
led in the editorial corps in that victim! :
'l,,d,ed hats were .• numerous" on the
•Infl. ft was,,a grand atrair, this debut of
ring palace. which has since or intained
e, me untarnished as the •• crack boat,"
, fr , lirnrr, upon the Western waters.—
'r humble servant was among the—invited
and a nice time he had of it.
iaral myself On hoard this beautiful cratf,
Lose Communion" with half a score of
moicilde " beauties " The company
to he a heterogeneous conclomeration
meners :—made up of editors, lawyers;
'seers, indeseribables, and " fancies,"
spflllkillig Of nonesuch." There was
y prson, on, in the crowd ; but as his
e nine •• between meals" was spent-in
we dispensed with his grace
we ik."
Ve our moorings din hour before sunset,
a cb..ir, cold afternoon, and passe I rapid
,wn sir,•aiii for a considerable distance,
pen-living any out-of-the-ivay oc-
sons of temperance " and the
:hpre,litl amused themselves over a
toddv—the boys,' were
• :J. ,a,b other of their ~uperduous dim -s
!•t,.••rs a! rfirbre. when a tall gentleman.
•• %ono , " when he was sober.) Ste p
wo the aihtn. anti imparted the
,••1 hut a %yell-kr:own fast boat
r.witt, at the mouth of the
• ••'i.v lt•ver. The cards were dropt
punches disappeared—and the
•• , ;••••ri" were soon distributed in knots
promPuade (leek. to watch the pro-
" boat spea away Fike a bird.
c". an.l the craft behind gate us early
lint site should offer nu child's play.
""lit was in the tire " at once—a huge
",,,; hack smoke curled up in the (gear
here—an extra turn or two was visible
• • o ar own boat, and away we went , . A
31 11. 4 i 01 excitement -existed among the
h s the neat steamboat was clearly gaining
I us. A craft like ours with such a coin
.. at; •n-li a ea plain, tellit'llt he berricit•
ta,; bon behind us fell in under oiirstern.
.v.• could count her passengers," a sort
-aiKeseio n came over that by sortie mistake,
got upon the wrong boat ! At least.
wis the eNpres.ed opinion of the parson,
trireaten e d to go clown stars" and take
rn k. Our captain was a noble
pared the deck quietly with a con
,ye io windward ;- but lie said nothing•
of the .• mourners " stepped utS to him
"What speed, Cap'n
gentlemen ; I may say, very fair."
•.mart craft, that, behind," ventured one.
'• Very," responded the captain, calmly, as
P-aced his lilted upon a small brass knob at
xk of the pilot house. This movement
- ' r esponded to by the faint jingling of a bell
totlowed immediately by a rush of cin
rs from the sunike•pipes and an improved
"on of the paddles.
" X
- ow we move again."
o ne;' was the resonse, and a moment
. . s
Itremorp
pervaded the boat as she 6- slid
.;:a. right smartly.
the craft in our rear moved like our
o w on the calm waters, and, as we shot
ilthe river, it seemed as if we had her ..in
01TE:akcalmly and uniformly did she follow
e.. The excitement of the congre
"l4Potl deck had by this time become in-
THE BRADFORIY:REPORTER
Witte, and it was pretty plain that the boats
must shortly part company or " split some
thing!" The rascal behind us took advantage
of a turn in the channel, and " helm s-star
board !" was clearly heard from the look-out
of our rival, as she "hove off" and suddenly
fell alongside us ! The parson went below at
once to put his threat into execution, as we
came up into the current again. neck and
neck ;" and when he returned we were run
ning a twenty-five knot lick, the steam smack
on to forty-nine degrees!
•She's going--goin'—go---" muttered an
auctioneer to himself.
• A perfect non suit." remarked a lawyer.
`• Beaten, but nut vanquished•" added a
; and away we scudded, side by aide
for half a mile.
Would'nt she bear a leetle mot 4 ?" meekly
asked, the parson.
" Site's doing very well," replied the Cap
ttlin. " Don't get excited. gentleman. my boat
is a new one—her reputation and mine is at
stake. We ntus'nt rush her—racing always
injures a boat, and I 'm averse to it; saving
which. he applied his thumb and finger to the
brass knob again—the hell tinkled in the dis
tance, and (itir rival pilot shortly had an op
pOrtunity to examine the architecture of our
rudder post !
I was acquainted with the engineer. I step
ped below. (believing we should be beaten at
OUT present speed,) and entering the engine-
TIMITi
" Tim." said I. •• we'll be licked—give her
another turn, eh I"
•• I rather think she moves some as it is,"
said' rim.
Ye.; but the C
is hard on us—give
her a little, my: boy—just for—"
Step in here a moment," remarked Tint ;
•• its all mum, von know—nothin' to be said,
Quiet—there !--don't she tremble some ?"
I noliced, for the first time that our boat did
labor prodigiously.
•• But come round hrre," continued Tint ;
•• look there—moth's the word. von know."
I stepped out of that engine-room (Tim said
afterwards that I sprang out at one bound;"
but he lied !) in a hurry. The solder upon the
connection pipe had melted and run down over
the seams in a dozen places..from the excessive
heat—a crate-bar was braced athwart the safe
ty-valee, with a fifty-six " upon one end—
and we were shooting down the Ohio under a
head of steam •• chock up " to 54 40
•My ?keying apartment" was well aft. I
entered the state room. rot over upon the .hark
side of my berth. and stutling the corners of the
pillows into my ears, endeavored to compose
thyself in sleep. It was out of the question.—
In attempting to A• right . myself" 1 discovered
that my hair stuck out so straight, it was im
possible for me to get my head within six in
ches of the pillow !
I tossed about till daylight, in momentary
egpertation of being landed in Kentucky, (or
some where else!) but we got on finely. We
led our rival half an hour into Louisville : and
I immediately swore tifion my night-cap that I
would never accept another invitation, for a
pleasure trip, from a steamboat captain who
was averse to racing !
GETTING THE MITTEN.—Most young men
are acquainted with this very faindliar expres
sion, and that too, by sad experience. Now
we know that this thing of "getting t he mit.
ten" is by no means so agret::ibie as it is
cracked tip to be;" and it produces no very
pleasant sensation in the mind of the ardent
lover. When in answer to the anxious "Miss.
will you accept of my company ?" she says.
half poutingly and half good humoredly. "I
shan't, - none but those who have been similar
ly situated can form arty cojecture of th a t pe
eithar sensation which it naturally creates.—
The victim feels-0 dear! lie feels all over.
Ile would gladly exclia,,geplaces .rith a mud.
turtle or hull frog, for then he might find some
friendly holing place wherein to conceal his
devoted bead.' The soul seems for a moment
to secrete itself somewhere between torrid
pules, and the heart that but a few minutes be
lure hounded like the deer ol forest, is now en
deavoring to hide its its blushing face hetwen
the liver and the kidneys. However• if he is
a man of sound sense he will attaeli oo bl ame
to the fair one who has thus repulsed and
thwarted his design. but after a few moments
perturbation of mind, he Will come to the nat
ural and honorable conclusion Cow if she don't
want to et) with hon. he certainty cares nothing
about her company. And furthermore, as it
commonly takes two to make a bargain, and as
the man generally makes the proposition, we
think,it perfectly just thatshe exercises her own
liberty and choice in all such matters.
A SPEECH BY G. Bum:tn.—The follow
ing is an extraet from a speech of Gen. Bunkum,
in facor.of 54 40:
Mr. Speaker—when I open my eye anti
look over the vast expense of this great country
—when I see how the years of freedom has
caused it to rise in the scare of civilization, and
expand on every side—when I see it growing,
swelling,roaring like a spring freshet—l cannot
resist the idea, sir, that the day will come when
this great nation. like a young schoolboy, will
burst its straps. and, become entirely too big for
its boots. Sir, we want elbow room—the eon
linen!, the whole continent, and nothing but the
continent—and we will have it. Then shall
the great Uncle Sam. placing his hat upon the
Canadag, rest his right arm upon the Oregon and
California roast. his left upon the eastern sea
board, and whittle away the British power.
while reposing his leg, like a freeman. upon
Cape Horn ! Sir, the day will—the day must
come.
CoMPLOIF.NT To THE LADIES.--QUin be
ing asked by a lady why it was reported that
there were more women in the world than
men, he replied. " It is in conformity with the
arrangements of nature, madam; we always
see more of heaven than arth !"
Murmur not at Provide se. Mkamine thy
self and thou wilt acknowledge that thy lot is
better than thy deservings.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. & H. P. GOODRICH.
" REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
John Randolph, of Roanoke.
" Great wit to madness nearly is allied."
I remember some years sinee to have seen
John Randolph In Baltimore. I had frequently
read and heard descriptions of him, and one day
as I was standing in Market, now Baltimore
street, I remarked a tall, thin, unique-looking
being. hurrying towards me with a quick impa
tient step, evidently much annoyed by a crowd
of boys who were following close at his heels,
not in the obstreperous mirth with which they
would have followed a crazy or a drunken man,
or an organ grinder and his monkey, but in the
silent, curious wonder with which they would
have haunted a Chinese bedecked in full cos
tume. I instantly knew the individual to he
Randolph from the descriptions. I therefore ad
vanced towards. hith, that I might make a full
observation of his person without violating the
rules of courtesy in stopping to gaze at him.—
As he approached. he occasionally turned to
wards the boys with an angry glance, but with
out saying anything, and then hurried on as if to
outstrip them ; but it would not do. They fol
lowed close behind the orator, each one observ
ing him so Intently that he said nothing to his
companions. Just before I met him, he stopp
ed a Mr. C., a cashier of one of the banks, said
to be as odd a fish as John himself. I loitered
into a store close by—and really he was the stran
gest looking being' ever beheld.
His long. thin legs, about as thick as a stout
walking cane, and . of much such a shape, were
encased in a pair of tight small clothes, so tight
that they seemed part and parcel of the wearer.
Hat:some white stockings were fastened with
great tidiness at the knees, by a small gold buck
le, and over them, coming about half way up
the calf, were a pair of what, I believe, are call
ed hose, coarse & country knit. Ile wore shoes.
They were old fashioned, and fastened also with
buckles—huge ones. He trod like an Indian,
without turning his toes out, but planking them
down straight ahead. It was the fashion in those
days to wear a fantailed coat, with a small col
lar, and buttons far apart behind, and few on the
breait. Mr. Randolph's was the reverse of all.
this. Instead of its being fantailed, it was what,
I believe, the knights of-the needle call swallow
tailed ; the collar was immensely large, the but
tons behind were in kissing pinximity, and they
sat together as close on the breast of the garment
as the feasters at crowded public festival. His
waist was remarkably slender that, as he stood
with his arms akimbo, he could easily, as I
thought, with his long bon} fingers, have span
ned it. Around him his coat, which was very
tight, was held together with one button, and in
consequence. an inch or more of tape, to which
the buttons were attached was preceptible where
it was pulled through the cloth. About his neck
he wore a large white cravat. in which his chin
was occasionally buried as he moved his head
in conversation: -no shirt collar was preceptible :
every other person seemed to pride himself upon
the size of his, as they were then worn large.—
Mr. Randolph's complexion was precisely that of
a mummy—withered, saffron, dry & bloodless;
you could not have placed a pin's point on his
face where you would not have touched a wrink
le. His lips were thin, compressed, and color
less ; the chin beardless, as a boy's, was broad
for the size of his face, which was small ; his
nose was straight, with nothing remarkable in
it. except perhaps it was too short. He wore a
fur cap, which he took off, standing a few mo
ments uncovered.
I observed that his head was quite small, a
characteristic which is said to have marked ma
ny men of talent : Byron. Walter Scott, and
Chief Justice Marshall for instance, Judge Bur
net of Cincinnati, who has been alike distin
guished at the bar, on the .bench, and in the
United States Senate, has also a very small
head.
Mr. Randolph's•hair, was remarkably fine—
line as an infants and thin. It was very long.,
and was parted with great care on the top of his
head, and was tied with a bit of black ribbon
about three inches from his neck ; the whole of
it formed a queue not thicker than the little fin
ger of a deileate girl. His forehead was low,
with no bumpology about it: buiphis eye, though
sunken. was the most brilliant and startling in
its glance. It was not an eye of profound but
of passionate thought,n ith au expression at ti i es
such as physicians ascribe to that of insanity,
which seemed to quicken, not destroy intellectu
al acuteness. I never beheld an eve that struck
me more. It possessed a species of fascination,
such as would make you wonder over the charac
ter of its possesor, without finding any clew in
ycur wonderment to discover it. except that he
was passionate, wayward and fearless. He lift
ed his long bony finger impressively as he con
versed. and gestieulated with it in a peculiar
manner. His whole appearance struck me, and
I could easily imagine how, with his great com
mand of language, so appropriate arid full, so
brilliant and classical, joined to the vast infor
mation that his discursive oratory enabled him
to exhibit in its fullest extent. from the store
house of which, the vividness of his imagination
was always pointing out a happy analogy or
bitter sarcasm, that startled the mote from the
fact, that his hearers did not preceive it until the
look. tone, and finger brought it down with the
suddeness of lightning—and with its effects up
on the head of his adversary ; taking all this in
to consideration, I could easily imag ine how,
when almost a boy, he won so much fame and
preserved it so long, and with so vast an influ
ence. notwithstanding the eccentricity and in
consistency of his life, public and private.
By-the-way, the sudden unexpected,l and
sphoristical way in which Randolph often ex
pressed his sentiments, had much to do with his
oratorical success. He would, like Dean Swift.
make a remark, seemingly a compliment, and
explain it into a sarcasm, of he would titter an
apparent sarcasm, and turn in into a compliment.
Many speakers, when they have said a thing.
hurry on to a full explanation. fearful that the
hearer may not 'understand them ; but when
Randolph expressed one of these startling
thoughts, he left the hearer for some time puzzl
ing in doubt as to what he meant, and when it
pleased him, in the coolest manner in the world
he explained his meaning, not a little delighted
if he discovered that his audience were wonder-
ing the while upon whom the blow would de
scend, or what principle the remark would be
brought to illustrate. A little anecdote, which
I heard a member of Congress from Kentucky
tell of him, shows this characteristic. The Con
gressman, on his first visit to Washington, (he
had just been e!ected) was of rousse desirous of
seeing the-lions. Randolph, though not a mem
bet of either house, was there, and had himself
daily horn into the Senate or House, by his faith
lul Jaba. to listen to the debates. Every body.
noted or unnoted, a ere calling on the eccentric
orator, and the 'member from Kentucky deter
mined to do likewise, and gratify his curiosity.
A friend, General—, promised to present him,
'• You must be prepared for an odd reception,
for if Randolph is in a bail humor. he will do
and say anything ; if he is in a gond humor, you
will see a most finished gentleman." They
called: Mr. Randolph was stretched out on a
sofa. "He seemed," said the member, " a
skeleton endowed with those flashing eves
which ghost stories given to the reanimated bo
dy when sent upon some earthly mission."
The Congressman was presented by his
friend. the General, as a member of Congress
from Kentucky. "Ah ! from Kentucky, sir ?"
exclaimed Randolph, in his shrill voice, as he
rose to receive him ; " from Kentucky, sir ; well,
sir, I consider- your State the Botany Bay of
Virginia I" The Kentuckian thought that the
next remark would he a quotation from" Barring
ton's Botany Bay Epilogue, applied by Ran
dolph to the,Virginia settlers of Kentucky.
"True patriots we, for be it understood,
We left our country for Our country'ti good.
But Randolph, after a pause, continued : "
do not make this remark, sir, in application to
the morals or the mode ofsettlement in Kentucky.
No, sir, I mean to say that it is my opinion, sir,
that the time approaches when Botany Bay will,
in all respects, surpa.s F,noland, and I fear it
will soon be so with your State and mine."
I cite this little anecdote, not from any pe
culiar pith that it possessos, but in illustration
of his character, and in proof of the remark
above made.
If M:. Randolph had lived in ancient times,
Plutarch. with all powers in tracing the analo
gies of character, would have looked in vain
for his parallel. And a modern biographer,
with all ancient and modern times before him.
will find the effort fruitless that seeks his fel
low. At first, the reader might think of
Diogenes as furnishing some resemblance to
him, and all that Randolph wanted was a tub;
hut not so. If another Alexander had asked
him what he would have that imperial power
could bestow—the answer Dever would have
been a request to stand out of his sunlight,—
No : Randolph, if he could not have got any
higher emolument and honor, would imme
diately have requested to be sent upon a foreign
mission ; that over, if Alexander had nothing
more to give. and was so situated as not to be
feared. nit° does not believe that the ex-minis
ter would turn tail on him ?
The fact is, that Randolph. was excessively
ambitious, a cormorant alike for praise and
planner ; and though his patriotism could point
out the disinterested course to others his love
of money would not let hint keep the track
himself—at least in his latter years. when
Mammon, the old man's god. beset him, and
he turned an idolator to that for which he had
so often expressed his detestation, that his
countrymen believed him. Ills mission to
Russia broke the charm that the prevailing
opinion of his disinterestedness cast about him ;
and his influence in his native State was fall
ing fast beneath the appointment and outfit and
salary that had disenchanted it, when he died ;
and now old Virginia will forget and forgive
the inconsistencies of one of her greatest eons
to do reverence and honor to his memory.
Randolph's republicanism was never heart
felt ; he was at heart an aristocrat. He should
have been horn in England, a noble-- 7 there he
would stubbornly have resisted the encroach
merits of all below him upon his own preroga
tives, station, dignity. and quality ; of all above
him ; a little below his level, or at least upon
an equality with his. Randolph would have
lifted Wilkes up to be a thorn in the side of a
king he disliked, and to overthrow his minis
ter; had he been himself a minister, his loyal
ty would then have pronounced Wilkes an
unprincipled demagogue. Wilkes. we know,
when he got into office, saahe could prove to
his majesty, that he himself had not been a
Randolph was intensely selfish. and his ear
ly success as a politician and orator impressed
him with an exaggerated opinion of his own
importance at an early age, when such opin
ions are easily made and not easily eradicated.
In the case of Randolph. this onerweaning self
estimation grew monstrous. tt Big man me.
John." and the bigness or littleness of others'
services were calved and proclaimed just as
they elevated or depressed the interests and
personal dignity of the orator of Roanoke.—
And often, when his interest' had nothing to do
with the question presented to him, his caprice
would sway his judgment—for his personal re
sentments led him far sway from every con
sideration, save that of how be could best
wound his adversary.
Ills blow wanted neither vigor no venom ;
his weanonsi were poisoned with such, con
summate skill, and he so well knew the vul
nerable point of every character. that often
when the wound hy. au observer who knew
nothing of his opponent seemed slight, it was
rankling in the heart. Randolph was well se.
qiiainted with the private history of the emi
nent men of his time, the peccadilloes. frailties.
indiscretions, weaknesses, vanities, and vices
of them all. He used his tongue as a jockey
would his whip; hit the sore place till the
blood came, and there was no craeks.or
boor
ish. or noise. in doing it. It was done with a
clerity and dexterity which slivwed the prac
ticed hand ; and its unexpectedness as well as
its severity, often dumb-foundered the victim
so completely. that he had not one word to say,
but withdrew in silence,
I remember hearing two anecdotes of Ran
dolph'which strikingly typify his character.—
One exhibits his cynical rudeness and disre-
gard for the feelings of ethers—in fact, a wish
to wound their feelings—and the other his wit.
do not vouch for their accuracy. but I give
them as I have frequently heard them, as per:
haps as the reader.
Once, when Randolph, was in the city of
B.—he was in the daily habit of frequenting
the book store of one of the largest booksellers
in the place. He had made some purchases
from him, and was very curious in looking
over his books. &c. In the course of Ran
doiph's visits he became very familiar with
Mr.—, the bookseller, and they held long
chats together ; the oritor of Roanoke showing
off with great courtesy. Mr.—, was quite
a pompous man. rather vain of his acquaintance
with the lions who used to step in his shop.—
Subsequently, being in Washington with a
friend, he espied Randolph advancing towards
him, and told his friend that he would intro
duce him to the great man. His friend, how
ever, 'Viewing the waywardness of Randolph.
derlintd. • 1Vell," said Mr.-7. " I'm sor
ry you will not he introduced. I'll go up and
give hive him a shake of the hand at any rate !,"
Up he walked, with outstretched hand to sa
lute the cynic. The aristocratic republican
(by the bye, how often your -thorough going
republican is a hill blooded aristocrat in his
private relations) immediately threw his hands
behind him, as il he could not dull his palm in
that way, and gazed searchingly into the face
of the astonished bimkseller. "Oh, oh !" said
he, ai if recollecting himself, " You are Mr.
13— from Baltimore ?" " Yes sir." was
the reply. "A pookseller ?" "Yes sir," again.
" ! I bought honks from you " Yes,
sir, you did." " Did I , forget to pay you for
them " No, sir, you did not." " Good
morning, sir !" said the orator, lifting his cap
with offended dignity, and passing on. - This
anecdote does not show either Randolph's
goodness of head or heart, but it shows his
character. .
The other anecdote is as follows :—The
Honorable Peter —, who was a watch
maker. and who represented ll County
for many years in Congress, once made a mo
tion. to amend a resolution offered by Windolph,
on the subject of military claims. Mr. Ran
dolph rose after the amendment had been offer
ed, and drawing nut his watch from his fob,
asked the Honorable Peter what o'clock
it was. He. told him. " Sir," replied the
orator, " you can mend my watch, but not my
motions. You understand liclics, sir, but nut
tactics."
That, too, was a fine retort. when after he
had been speaking. several members ruse in
succession and attacked him. Sir." said he
to the speaker, .• in the condition ol old
Lear—
The little dogs and all,
Tray, Blanch, and :Sweetheart,
See—they bark at me.
•• Mr. Randolph," exclaimed an art-lain
tanre to him. hurrying to his side in the street,
" I have tried my hardest to overtake vnu."—
•• You will have to try harder than your hard•
est to keep up with me!" exclaimed the ora
tor. running off at the top of his speed.
He said of a person who refused to accept
his cl&lienge, upon the ground of religious
scruples against duelling, that he -.skulked be
hind the communion table." Ile called the
Greeks, Christless Christians," Of the
new Constitution of Virginia. he said ; It
was brought into life with the sardonic grin of
death upon its countenance."
A political opponent boasted on the stump,
that if his mind was not naturally as %trong as
the Orator's of Roanoke, he had dmie hie best
by an arduous collegiate course to improve
it, kc.
•• Not the first weak soil. gentlemen," ex
claimed R.mJulph. interniptimr him. •• that
excessive cultivation has reduced to tywreli
nem, ;—let him stay at home—let him he fal
low."
A enliime flisuch pithy sayings of his might
easily he collected.
• EXCEPT TILE COVERNOR. " —A gentleman
having supped at an inn, nt a small place, the
host, after the table. was cleared away,asked
how he liked the fare. •• Very much indeed,"
replied the gentleman. •• I can say that I have
suppked as well as the first lord of the realm."
`• Except His Excellency, the Governor,"
the Iciest. •• I except nobody." said he. "But
I won't," rejoined the gentleman.
In short, the dispute went so far, that the
host. who was an inferior magistrate. though
not quite equal to ;Solon. or LytMrgns, had the
gentleman summoned before the Governor.
The magistrate. with a _rave air. told the gen
tleman that it was an immemorial custom in
the place always to except His Ercrllenry,
the Governor ; and that for this offence he must
pay a line of one ; for dial untold c
could he excused front conformino to the prac
tice. •' Very well," said the gentleman. `•here
is a shilling: but may I die, it there is a great
er loot in the world than the host, except Cis
Excellency the Governor."
THE GOODNESS OF`Goo.—Whatever we
enjoy is itorely a free gift train our Creator:
hut that we enjoy no more, can never sure he
deemed an injury, or a just reason to question
his infinite benevolence. Al our happiness is
owing to his goodness; but that it is no great
er, is owing only to ourselves. that is. to our
not having any inherent right to any happiness
or even to any exisiance at all. This is no
more to be imputed to 00(1, :01 the
wants of a hrgear to the person who has re
lieved him; that he had something, was owing
in his benefactor hut that he had no more,
only to his own original poverty.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE'..—AIary Jane Men y
jumped inm the East River at New York on
Wednesday. with the intention of drowniim
herself, -hitt teas rescued by a gentleman and
taken to the Station house.
UIVARILANTABLE.-A stranger obtaining
admission in a burying ground in Philadelphia
knocked off and carried away a part of the
tomb stone of Uenjaniin Franklin !.
RMEEMM 419
Sp rn not the Guilty
BE CAROLINE M. SAWTER
Scorn not the man whose spirit feels
The curse of guilt upon it rest:
Fpon whose brain the bide °us seals ' Of crime and infamy arc prest !
Bpum not the lost one—nor in speech
More cold and withering than despair,
Of stern, relentless vengeance preach—
For he thy lesson will not bear i
'Twill rouse a demon in his heart
Which thou too late would strive to chiral
And hid a thousand furies start
To life which ne'er may sleep again.
No ! better, from her forest lair,
The famished lioness to goad,
Than, in his guilt, remorse, despair,
With wrathful threats the Sinner load ?
But if s soul thou wouldst redeen,
And lead a lost one back to , .Grxl!
Wouldsi thou a guardian angel seem
To one who long in guilt bath trod—
Go kind:y to him—take him hand,
With gentle wonls,'within thino own,
And by his side, a brother stand
Till thou the demon sin dethrone.
He is a man and he will yield,
Like snows beneath the torrid ray,
And his strong heart though fiercely stead
Before the breath of love give way;
lie had a mother once, and felt
A mother's kiss upon his cheek,
And at her knee at evening knelt,
The prayer of innocence to speak !
A mother!—ay ! and who shall say
Tho' souk, debased, he now may be,
That spirit may not wake to-day,
Which filled him at his mother's knee
No guilt so uttereer became
But !mid it we some good might find,
And virtue, though the deepest shame,
Still feebly lights the darkest mind.
Scorn not the guilty, then but plead
With him, in kindest gentlest mood,
And back the lost one thou may'at lead
To God, humanity, and good !
Thou art thyself but man, and thou
Art weak ; perchance to fall, no he ;
Then mercy to the fallen show,
That mercy may he shown to thee!
PM-PEN IN A nousT.—.lt this season of the
year the sty should be particularly attended
to. The health and comfort of all human be
ings who may piss by one are concerned in
the proper management of the content:.
Manure is of immense importance in the
farmer. and now is the best time fur increasing
Hogs in the lore part of the season make
but little manure,. for they are not so fully fed ;
but we should begin to feed them better beftire
this month is past, that they May be fit for the
butcher before the coldest weather comes on.
At this season. loam from the road-side may
often be procured where there is a rank vege
ble growth which may be taken up with it.—
All this should be thrown into the pen, and
the pigs will look as much neater for this sup
ply as will some floors with a quantity of sand
spread over them.
PLOUGHING IN Mexico.—General Thomp
son, in his •' Recollections of Mexico." says :
The plough in universal use is that used two
thousand years ago—neither more nor les than
a wooden. without a particle of iron attached to
it. The hoe is a staff with an iron spike in the
end. What is still more remarkable, the only
animal used in ploughing is the ox r a planter,
with twenty thinand horses and mules, (by no
means an unusual number.) will use his- oxen
in the plough. if you ask why this is, the only
answer I ran Rile is that the Spaniard never
changes his halo's. nor any thing else lint his
government. All the passion for change that
exists in other mcn, with is concentrated in-po
litical changes.
Ricr. CAKES.—BoiI a cop foil of rice until
it heroines a jelly, while it is warm mix adiwoe
lump of buyer with it and a little salt. Add as
ouu•h milli to a small teacupful of flour as will
make a liteiM)ly 1.14 batter—stir it until it is
gone smooth. and then mix it with the rire.—
lleal . six eggs as light as possible, and add
them to the tare.
serve them with powdered stivr and nut
meg. They should be served as hot as possi
ble, or they will beeonie heave.
ComeassioN.--;conpassion is an emotion of
which we (matt never to be ashamed. Grace
ful, particularly in t outh, is the tear of sym
pathy, and the heart 'that melts at the tale o
wo. We should not p.•rinit ease and indult
genre to contract our affections, and wrap Its
up ni selfish enjoyment; but we should acas•
torn ourselves to think of the distresses of hu.
man Isle. of the solitary cottage, the dying pa
rent. and the ty, ! epini2 orphan.
DomEsTic.—Children should he required to
treat domestics with propriety. Those on
whom the comforts 01 a 14intly so essentially
depend. are entitled to kin•tness and sympathy.
The theory that indo , ! ry and good are wor
thy of regpect, hi whatever rink thev arr found
ea t toot be toe early illustrated enforvyJ uo
the members of a
CAPS IN CHICKENS —A correspondent in
forms ti+ that his elockens were last +print;
touch n nh gapes. by whi. h many died.
Ile finally tried the plan of pointy; a feather
down thy windpipe. bir the purpose of draw
inn oat the worms which it is occasion
the ,11%esse• Alwr Mt- plan was rceur ed to,
no more chicken+ died.
.101F:att'AN FLet•a.—lt I$ arherted by one of
the lIP/NI eminent n.kers im 1..1111(.11,111M Alber-
IC:111 flour will abs,wb from :1 to Itt per 'vent:
more of its own weight of water in nia,it lan
wring it into bread or biscuit, than the Eng
lish wheat 14 pounds of Aum•rtean their will
make 21 pounds tic breadoebile the - , :one quan
tity of Eootich flour will make but NI poutidi.